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has washington changed? maybe i'm wrong but in bob dole's day, i think senators would have found a way to get it done. back in a minute. for an idea. a grand idea called america. the idea that if you work hard if you have a dream, if you work with your neighbors... you can do most anything. this led to other ideas like liberty and rock 'n' roll. to free markets, free enterprise, and free refills. it put a man on the moon and a phone in your pocket. our country's gone through a lot over the centuries and a half. but this idea isn't fragile. when times get tough it rallies us as one. every day, more people believe in the american idea and when they do the dream comes true. we're grateful to be a part of it. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we suppo
has washington changed? maybe i'm wrong but in bob dole's day, i think senators would have found a way to get it done. back in a minute. for an idea. a grand idea called america. the idea that if you work hard if you have a dream, if you work with your neighbors... you can do most anything. this led to other ideas like liberty and rock 'n' roll. to free markets, free enterprise, and free refills. it put a man on the moon and a phone in your pocket. our country's gone through a lot over the...
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the "washington post" had a poll nashows hillary's favorability is atap all-time high. they're going to have to start putting some names out there. >> schieffer: do you think she'll run, michael? >> i think she would have a consider support of the party. i think she has a history of being interested. i think there's a lot to commend this, as a prospect. but i do think on the previous point that the preoccupation with the fiscal as soon as just dominating everything else. and, you know, the stakes are high for the president. if he got in a plan for long-term fiscal constraint and did immigration, these would be some large, historical achievementes, things that any president of the united states would be proud of. if the system collapses, and we can't achieve category because of politics, that's it going to be a tremendously bad start for his term. the stakes are high for him >> and it would cast a shadow on the remainder of the second term and his legacy would be of partisanship. health care and the financial reform were largely democratic. there would be no large, struc
the "washington post" had a poll nashows hillary's favorability is atap all-time high. they're going to have to start putting some names out there. >> schieffer: do you think she'll run, michael? >> i think she would have a consider support of the party. i think she has a history of being interested. i think there's a lot to commend this, as a prospect. but i do think on the previous point that the preoccupation with the fiscal as soon as just dominating everything else....
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my goal will be over the course of ten to show that there is a way to change washington. there's a way to get us back on the right track. it's different from obama and it's different from romney. i hope by the time we get to super tuesday we'll have made the day's that a genuine conservative is a dramatically better choice to defeat barack obama than somebody who is in many ways frankly not very distinguishable from president obama. >> schieffer: i take your point. there are no debates scheduled. how are you going to get your message out because everybody knows you don't have an organization like he does. you don't have the money that he has. >> but what we do have is a lot of people, a lot of popular support. at newt.org we now have 160,000 donors. we have thousands more signing up every week. 97% of them by the way are under $250. so we have a pretty big grass roots movement in every single state. when you look at, for example, the last two... the primary in south carolina and the primary in florida, an interesting side effect. in florida every county that i carried-- a
my goal will be over the course of ten to show that there is a way to change washington. there's a way to get us back on the right track. it's different from obama and it's different from romney. i hope by the time we get to super tuesday we'll have made the day's that a genuine conservative is a dramatically better choice to defeat barack obama than somebody who is in many ways frankly not very distinguishable from president obama. >> schieffer: i take your point. there are no debates...
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because we have had some real ones starting with our washington nationals here in washington. >> >> yes, no doubt about it, i mean, we have three teams, bob, you mentioned the nationals, add in the pirates, add in the orioles, not one of those teams has played a post season game in this millennium and if the playoffs started today they would all be playing, which is a very cool thing. you know, there hasn't been a post season game played in washington, d.c. since 1933, but this could be the year. >> schieffer: frank, you have seen a lot. i was very struck by something you said. you said that baseball was made for newspapers, and that is one reason that -- because, you know, you play it every day and so forth, and is that one of the reasons that it has lasted so long? >> it literally start mr. the 19th century when the urban population was growing and people were moving from the towns, from the farms to the towns and newspapers, daily newspapers were growing up and they grew up exactly the same as baseball. daily newspaper, daily game, it was a tremendous advantage and baseball is always
because we have had some real ones starting with our washington nationals here in washington. >> >> yes, no doubt about it, i mean, we have three teams, bob, you mentioned the nationals, add in the pirates, add in the orioles, not one of those teams has played a post season game in this millennium and if the playoffs started today they would all be playing, which is a very cool thing. you know, there hasn't been a post season game played in washington, d.c. since 1933, but this...
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washington's version of the oscars, which comes complete with its own red carpet crowded with stares of television, hollywood, both the two-legged and four-legged kind. government and journalism. the star is always whoever happens to be president, and last night was no exception. >> my fellow americans, we gather during a historic anniversary. last year at this time-- in fact on this very weekend-- we finally delivered justice to one of the world's most notorious individuals. ( cheers and applause ). i know at this point many of you are expecting me to go after my likely opponent, newt gingrich. ( laughter ) newt, there's still time, man! ( laughter ) but i'm not going to do that. i'm not going to attack any of the republican candidates. take mitt romney. he and i actually have a lot in common. we both think of our wives as our better halves. and polls show to an alarming insulting extent, the american people agree. ( laughter ) we also both have degrees from harvard. i have one. he has two. what a snob. ( laughter ) ( applause ) and just to set the record straight, i really do enjoy
washington's version of the oscars, which comes complete with its own red carpet crowded with stares of television, hollywood, both the two-legged and four-legged kind. government and journalism. the star is always whoever happens to be president, and last night was no exception. >> my fellow americans, we gather during a historic anniversary. last year at this time-- in fact on this very weekend-- we finally delivered justice to one of the world's most notorious individuals. ( cheers and...
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we don't have enough money in washington. we're historically low in terms of revenue collected, but nobody wants to increase taxes. what mark and the simpson wowles committee did, flatten the tax code, get rid of all the deductions, take most of the money to buy down rate so we'll have an entrepreneurial economy and put some of the money on debt. republicans have said in the past all the money from eliminating the reductions must go to reducing taxes. now, there's a group of us that say that if you take $4 billion away from this and all producers -- because that's unfair-- but a billion dollars on the debt and $3 billion to lower taxes, that's something that will lead to a breakthrough. and i hope governor romney will embrace the concept of reducing deductions and exemptions and putting some of the money on the debt as well as lowering rates. that would be a breakthrough for our party. >> schieffer: well, i want to take a break here. we'll come back and talk. this a little more when we come back. >> schieffer: and we're back
we don't have enough money in washington. we're historically low in terms of revenue collected, but nobody wants to increase taxes. what mark and the simpson wowles committee did, flatten the tax code, get rid of all the deductions, take most of the money to buy down rate so we'll have an entrepreneurial economy and put some of the money on debt. republicans have said in the past all the money from eliminating the reductions must go to reducing taxes. now, there's a group of us that say that if...
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from the inside, he is saying i failed to change washington from the inside. he could not negotiate, he was no reagan sitting down with tip o'neill. if you are buying, you make a deal with the other side, you can move it forward. if you can't do that, then i guess you have to talk about how you can't change things. >> i want to come back to this. wrong you can read the bob woodward book and include obama is good at the inside game, you can't read that and figure that. but anyway, beyond that, you know, the classic book on the presidency was written by, called presidential power his whole argument was it is a combination you have to be good at the outside game and inside game so two together. and president obama's notion you can do this from the outside simply doesn't work in contemporary politics. >> schieffer: had we ever had a president that was really good at both. >> we had occasional presidents good at both. >> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan, lbj, to a certain extent. >> the party republicans, you know, you listen so someone like you look at the book tom
from the inside, he is saying i failed to change washington from the inside. he could not negotiate, he was no reagan sitting down with tip o'neill. if you are buying, you make a deal with the other side, you can move it forward. if you can't do that, then i guess you have to talk about how you can't change things. >> i want to come back to this. wrong you can read the bob woodward book and include obama is good at the inside game, you can't read that and figure that. but anyway, beyond...
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captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. substituting for bob schieffer, cohost of "cbs this morning," norah o'donnell. >> o'donnell: good morning, again. tom coburn and dick durbin are here, and we'll turn to both of you in just a moment. but we want to start with some new information from chief white house correspondent major garrett and congressional correspondent nancy cordes who are here. i know you have both been speaking with your sources this morning, and, nancy, what's the latest? >> reporter: nora, democrats will at this point are very pessimistic that leader reed and leader mcconnell will be able to strike that deal that they were so hopeful about 24 hours ago. the two staffs worked late into the night. they trade proposals will back and forth but democrats tell us they are just still too far apart on taxes. democrats was soset the limit at $250, 000, let the tush of bush tax cuts expire for people making more than that. republicansment that limit to be higher, and they're also far apart on estate taxes. they will
captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. substituting for bob schieffer, cohost of "cbs this morning," norah o'donnell. >> o'donnell: good morning, again. tom coburn and dick durbin are here, and we'll turn to both of you in just a moment. but we want to start with some new information from chief white house correspondent major garrett and congressional correspondent nancy cordes who are here. i know you have both...
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those tend to be forth actions in washington. and i do think one of the messages that will come through in this election is the american people want us to compromise and they want a balanced approach. i don't think anybody-- this president has been-- we've taken some heat from our own party for our willingness to compromise. we have been out there, willing to meet them halfway. and that is what is going to be required-- you might remember during the republican debates, the republican candidates for president were asked if you could get one for 10, $10 in spending cuts for $1 in revenue, would you take it? mitt romney refused to raise his hand. that's not going to be the answer here. we have to have balance. >> we just finished the democratic national convention, the number of big speeches there, bill clinton won a lot of praisefor his speech. how come bill clinton, perhaps, was a better communicator than barack obama about drawing differences with the republican party? >> well, i think the president's speech was extremely well re
those tend to be forth actions in washington. and i do think one of the messages that will come through in this election is the american people want us to compromise and they want a balanced approach. i don't think anybody-- this president has been-- we've taken some heat from our own party for our willingness to compromise. we have been out there, willing to meet them halfway. and that is what is going to be required-- you might remember during the republican debates, the republican candidates...
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we'll get analysis from dan balz of the "washington post." georgetown university's michael eric dyson. trish regan, bloomberg television anchor, and host of "street smart" and our own john dickerson. let's talk some politics because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs >> and now from the site of the democratic national convention, face the nation with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning, again. welcome to "face the nation." we are on the floor of the time warner center in charlotte. with us today, former new mexico governor, and maryland governor martin o'malley. governor o'malley, let me just start with you. we come out of the republican convention, and their theme seems to be everybody is disappointed in barack obama. they don't say he's a bad guy. it's like from the requested wizard of ozits" when he said, "i'm not a bad man. i'm just a bad wizard." that seems to be what they're saying about barack obama. how do you handle that? >> look, there were three things that you didn't see at the republican convention. you
we'll get analysis from dan balz of the "washington post." georgetown university's michael eric dyson. trish regan, bloomberg television anchor, and host of "street smart" and our own john dickerson. let's talk some politics because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs >> and now from the site of the democratic national convention, face the nation with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning, again. welcome to "face the...
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when i came to washington, people compromised. now it's a dirty word? when did that happen? >> well, you know, it's a good question. it happened, unfortunately, story rapidly, and somehow people think compromising is capitulating on your principles. far from it. you have to talk with people whom you disagree. i thought how best i contribute my 34 years of experience and voice on the outside so that we don't return to this kind of dysfunction ever again, especially at this moment in time for our history. but the essence of public service is solving problems, and we've lost that central purpose. and we have to return to it. and hopefully, we have some starters here with the fiscal cliff decisions, that we can have confidence-building measures in the final analysis. because there's a sense of urgency. so hopefully the concillation of words will turn into urgency of action. >> schieffer: are you optimistic at all about them find something way to get past this fiscal cliff? >> um, i think they will. you know, i think on the short term they have to. because every thing will ratche
when i came to washington, people compromised. now it's a dirty word? when did that happen? >> well, you know, it's a good question. it happened, unfortunately, story rapidly, and somehow people think compromising is capitulating on your principles. far from it. you have to talk with people whom you disagree. i thought how best i contribute my 34 years of experience and voice on the outside so that we don't return to this kind of dysfunction ever again, especially at this moment in time...
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now i think there's a lot of work to be done in washington. i think we do need people of their word to go do what they said they were going to do. but at the top of the ticket is a man who sold us a bill of goods, and delivered on very little. and that's going to be his biggest problem. >> schieffer: but isn't this just kind of a-- couldn't you say the same thing? because what happens is, people come, they make these promises, both sides do it, and then nothing happens. i mean, you have a congress that has done nothing. >> well, well, i take-- i'll take issue with that. the house has over 30 jobs bills and about 200 pieces of legislation waiting for harry reid and the democrat senate to take it up. take a little bit of issue with that. >> schieffer: but the democrats have some bills-- >> in your commentary you said you wanted to see a leader who could sit down with the other side and get things done. look what mitt romney did in massachusetts. that's exactly what he did. republican governor. he went to a democrat legislature, and he said for t
now i think there's a lot of work to be done in washington. i think we do need people of their word to go do what they said they were going to do. but at the top of the ticket is a man who sold us a bill of goods, and delivered on very little. and that's going to be his biggest problem. >> schieffer: but isn't this just kind of a-- couldn't you say the same thing? because what happens is, people come, they make these promises, both sides do it, and then nothing happens. i mean, you have a...
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one, never say anything you wouldn't want to see on the front page of the washington post. two, there is no such thing as a private party, actually, there is no longer any such thing as privacy, that ended with the coming of social media. everyone has a camera and a recorder and their own rules for using them. three, when you speak to a group, don't expect everyone to keep what you say in confidence. no one is universally loved. the last person to get 100 percent of the vote was saddam hussein. look what happened to him. four. if you don't want your words to become public, be quiet. like suspects in a criminal case, all of us, including candidates, have the right to remain silent. and finally, and this has nothing to do with cameras and recorders, when you are talking to rich folks about poor folks, be careful. it never seems to come out quite right. as herman melville bro in harpers magazine in 1854 of all of the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticism made on the habits of the poor by the well housed, the well warmed and t
one, never say anything you wouldn't want to see on the front page of the washington post. two, there is no such thing as a private party, actually, there is no longer any such thing as privacy, that ended with the coming of social media. everyone has a camera and a recorder and their own rules for using them. three, when you speak to a group, don't expect everyone to keep what you say in confidence. no one is universally loved. the last person to get 100 percent of the vote was saddam hussein....
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is the washington correspondent for the detroit free press. and our own chief white house correspondent norah o'donnell and her partners the dynamic duo here political director john dickerson. john, you just heard rick santorum. what do you make of it? >> not backing down. that's what a lot of these conservative voters like about rick santorum. at the end he said he's happy to make news about issues of the day that aren't talked about very much. that's what he's pitching. i'm thinking about these issues social issues all the time. and they get pushed to the side but i'm the one who is going to stand firm and say these things that are unpopular and create a flap. that's great for his support within the strong conservative base of the republican party. his political challenge is how to grow his vote both within the republican party to people who want to hear about other issues but also in the general election. independent voters. what do they hear about? conservatives like the fact that rick santorum makes a strong break with barack obama. but w
is the washington correspondent for the detroit free press. and our own chief white house correspondent norah o'donnell and her partners the dynamic duo here political director john dickerson. john, you just heard rick santorum. what do you make of it? >> not backing down. that's what a lot of these conservative voters like about rick santorum. at the end he said he's happy to make news about issues of the day that aren't talked about very much. that's what he's pitching. i'm thinking...
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. >> in washington, d.c. so that is a voice that i think is very important to hear, and the tea party is very strong across the country. a lot of people say where is the tea party? they are not strong. the tea party is evident every time you see a debate on television. >> do you think that is where florida is? is it tea party versus the establishment or -- >> it is all of the above, because the tea party is really infused the lifeblood in the republican party. they are very important part of our party because their number one issue is the spending and the debt. that's what the faye party cares about and they are reacting against the incredible increase in regulation with obama care, they oppose obama care and the out of control spending and the debt accumulation, that is the tea party and you see the evidence of the tea party in every single debate. they had pushed this debate and framed the debate because their concerns are the one that the candidates are trying to give voice to. >> do you think mitt romney
. >> in washington, d.c. so that is a voice that i think is very important to hear, and the tea party is very strong across the country. a lot of people say where is the tea party? they are not strong. the tea party is evident every time you see a debate on television. >> do you think that is where florida is? is it tea party versus the establishment or -- >> it is all of the above, because the tea party is really infused the lifeblood in the republican party. they are very...
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for analysis we'll bring in the "washington post's" david ignatius. tom ricks, august of can the gen. and our own bob orr and margaret brennan. and we'll have a farewell interview with maine's republican senator olympia snowe, who's leaving the senate because she no longer felt it was a place she could get anything done. it's been a wild week, but we'll try to put it in perspective on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again. we want to get right to the story in the middle east. , israel continuing to amass troops on the period with gaza. three israelis are dead, more than 50 wounded by rocket fire. the airstrikes go on. the question now, will the israelis send their ground troops into gaza? we're going first this morning to alan pizzey who is in tel aviv. allen. >> reporter: good morning, bob. overnight the israelis continued to pound positions in gaza. they've expand their operation away from just purely military targets into the hamas infra
for analysis we'll bring in the "washington post's" david ignatius. tom ricks, august of can the gen. and our own bob orr and margaret brennan. and we'll have a farewell interview with maine's republican senator olympia snowe, who's leaving the senate because she no longer felt it was a place she could get anything done. it's been a wild week, but we'll try to put it in perspective on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the...
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captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: david axelrod is the senior strategist for the obama campaign. when you tried to talk about your strategy up in boston, the republicans organized a rally to try to drown you out. so we'll let rance priebus, the chairman of the republican party talk in a minute, but we'll give you a chance to say what you have to say first. what about that rally up there? >> well, look, we went up there to make a point about governor romney's economic record. governor romney offers himself as a job creator, a kind of economic oracle, and he's saying the same exact things he said 10 years ago when he ran for governor of massachusetts. and what happened? massachusetts plunged to 47th in job creation. they lost manufacturing jobs at twice the rate of the country. they grew jobs at one-fifth the rate of the rest of country. it wasn't the record of a job creator. he had the wrong economic philosophy and he failed. i was disappointed that they chose to send a bunch of campaign staff to try and drown out the
captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: david axelrod is the senior strategist for the obama campaign. when you tried to talk about your strategy up in boston, the republicans organized a rally to try to drown you out. so we'll let rance priebus, the chairman of the republican party talk in a minute, but we'll give you a chance to say what you have to say first. what about that rally up there? >> well,...
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captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning, again. but it was a bad night across the middle of the country. over 120 tornadoes it tore through the midwest. the death count stands at five this morning, but will likely go higher. our dean reynolds is joining us from wichita, kansas. dean, bring us up to speed. >> reporter: well, the cleanup crews, bob, are out in the wichita area, which was spared major damage, although there was some damage to mcconnell air force base, and some trailer parks in the area. but the real problem was about 200 miles south of here in a little town called woodward, oklahoma, where the five fatalities were reported. and where the siren transmitter was knocked out by the twister that hit shortly after midnight. so the people who had been hearing the sirens on earlier twisters were left completely unprepared. even then, though, the warning from the national weather system for woodward came out only three minutes before the actual twister touched down. as i say, damage is being assessed
captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning, again. but it was a bad night across the middle of the country. over 120 tornadoes it tore through the midwest. the death count stands at five this morning, but will likely go higher. our dean reynolds is joining us from wichita, kansas. dean, bring us up to speed. >> reporter: well, the cleanup crews, bob, are out in the wichita area, which was...
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captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning again. welcome to "face the nation." david axelrod is the president's chief campaign strategist. he joins us from chicago. welcome, mr. axelrod. let me start with this. as the price of gas has gone up, the president's approval ratings have gone down. but when the republicans started pummeling the president about this, he sort of poked fun at them. here's what he said last week. >> they tell the same story. they head down to the gas station. they make sure a few cameras are following them. and then, they start acting like "we have a magic wand and we will give you cheap gas forever, if you just elect us." every time. been the same script for 30 years. it's like a bad rerun. ( laughter ) >> schieffer: but here's the irony, mr. axelrod. it is like a rerun because this is what candidate obama said about george bush four years ago. >> all the while, while here in ohio, you're paying nearly $3.70 a gallon for gas, two-and-a-half times what it cost when george bush took office.
captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning again. welcome to "face the nation." david axelrod is the president's chief campaign strategist. he joins us from chicago. welcome, mr. axelrod. let me start with this. as the price of gas has gone up, the president's approval ratings have gone down. but when the republicans started pummeling the president about this, he sort of poked fun at them....